The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-24

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ing lover makes a drunken husband {;
and it is easier to discard the lover
than to get free from the husband.
1t is singular fact that we are in
debted to Pompeii for the great indus
try of canning fruit. Years ago, when
the excavations were just beginning, a
party Of Cincinnatians found in what
had been the pantry of house, many
jars of preserved figs. One was open
ed and they were found to be fresh
and good. Investigations showed that
the figs had been put into jars in a
heated state, an aperture left for the
steam to escape, and then sealed with
wax. The hint was taken, anu the
next year canning fruit was introduce
ed into the United States, the process
being identical with that in vogue in
Pompeii twenty centuries ago. The
old ladies in America who can toma-
toes and peaches do not realize that
they are indebted for this art to peo-
pie who perished nearly 1000 years
| ago.
1t is amazing that intelligent, edu-
Gated, rational men can find no better
method than brutal and murderous
war for the settlement of questions Of
dispute that may arise between ma
tions. The fighting does not deter
mine the right, but simply which is
the strongest nation, and the best
trained in military tactics. 1t often
happens that after years of bitter strife
and bloody conflict, the party that was
the nearest right has, by more dint of
force, to submit to the wrong, and
thus no question of right is determin-
ed. Certainly mankind ought to be
able to devise some means of adiudi-
cation by which the weak might have
some chance to maintain his cause, if
he should he in the right. This could
be done if men would set themselves
earnestly at work to provide for it.
How TO TEsTIFY.-A boy twelve
years old was the important witness
in law suit. One of the lawyers,
after cross-qucstioning him severely,
said:
"Your father has been talking to
you and telling you how to testify,
hasn't hep"
"Yes," said the boy.
"Now," said the lawyer, "iust tell
us how your father told you to testi-
fy."
'"Well," said the boy, modestly,
"father told me The lawyers would try
and tangle ME i'm my testimony, but if
[ would just be careful and tell the
truth, could tell the same thing
every time
nv, ,,,, an (,ryr<C, Tho fo1low.
ing, written by missionary, is for
chile statement of the law of giving.
l. Let everybody give something.
"And none shall appear before me
ty."-EX. XXXiv. 20. Let every
one Of you'll Cor. xvi. ..
.. Give that something every Sab
bath. "Upon the first day OF the
week .n-1 Cor. xvi. 2.
3. According 10 the blessing recciv-
ed. "According as the Lord thy God
hath blessed thee. c."--Dcut. xvi. 10.
GAS God hath prospcrcd him. u Cor.
xvi. >.
All come not home at night who
suppose they have set their faces heav-
onward 1t is q wopful thing to die,
and miss heaven. How many a mere
professors candle is blown out and
never lighted again! We see ordina-
nv profession, and to he ranked among
the children of God, and to have Il
name among men, is now thought
enough TO carry professors to heaven
but certainly name is but n name,
and will never endure the blast of
Gods storm.
"Spirtual growth can 10 more be
the result of effort than the growth in
the natural world. All growth is
quite outside the providence of effort
and labor. In order to grow in grace,
we have to secure but one condition,
Christ dwelling in us as our sanctific;l-
ton. What is practical holiness hut
the outcome Of the incoming Christ,
Christ showing himself through the
lattice of our daily life? The more
Christ is seen in us, the holer we are"
1t is hunger that makes the food for
our bodies useful and agreeable to us.
Let us hunger and thirst after right
eousness. The food of the mind is
truth and goodness let us seek for it,
feed upon it, and be strengthened by
it. This is the spiritual bread of
which we must eat.
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1870 and have since spread over the